Monday, October 31, 2011
I was a special guest of the Tennessee State Chapter of NATS for their Fall workshop, and spent all day Saturday, Oct. 29th, working with 16 college age singers on a variety of repertoire from Bach to Strauss. In the picture, Tom King is accompanying one of his students singing Ombra mai fu. Continue reading
Sunday, October 16, 2011
This was my 17th year as the rent-a-cantor for Congregation Emanu-El in Wichita Kansas. I love going there, and it feels like a home coming at this point. Even though I only see folks for several days a year, many of them are good friends and feel like family. Continue reading
Saturday, August 13, 2011
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pent a fantastic week with my longtime friend and student MJ Link in Grindelwald, Switzerland. MJ had been many times before and knew all the best routes and hikes. Michael and I finally arranged to go with her and we hiked everyday, mostly, downhill. It was easy to take a train or bus or gondola to many different beautiful hiking destinations. The Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau looked down on us wherever we were, and the sweet sounds of cow bells, mingled with the spectacular scenery showed us what Mahler was trying to share with his music.
After attending my Uncle Mal’s funeral in Boston, we headed out to the Cape to visit two students of ours who were working at the College Light Opera Company. We saw Brad sing the Pirate King and Andrea conduct the matinee of Pirates of Penzance. They both did a wonderful job and the show was great. It was nice to see B. Haslum again and discover that not much has changed in all the years since I was in the company in 1978 and 1979. Everyone in the company was bright eyed and bushy tailed, attractive and energetic college performers. We loved spending two days in Falmouth. I wish we could have stayed longer, but we had to get home to our old lady beagle, Thisbe.
Today is my sister’s birthday, and I just got home from a wild time we spent together in Las Vegas (well, not so wild really) and a fantastic bike trip in Death Valley. Continue reading